San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver, who last month pledged to learn more about the gay and lesbian community after making disparaging comments about it at the Super Bowl, is making good on that promise.

"He wants to use his profile as a professional athlete to help," Theodore Palme, Culliver’s public relations representative, told Barrows. "He wants to become a volunteer for the organization and become more active. He really learned a lot today."

Culliver met with the group’s executive director and also paid to have the organization’s national education trainer fly in from New York for Monday’s session, according to Barrows. Several 49ers staffers also met with representatives from The Trevor Project on Monday, according to the newspaper.

In an interview with comedian Artie Lange at Super Bowl Media Day, Culliver said of possibly having gay players in the locker room, "No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff."

Culliver immediately issued an apology and promised to educate himself on issues involving LGBTQ youth.

Trevor Project spokeswoman Laura McGinnis said that Culliver seemed sincere in his desire to help and understand.

"Chris is a young guy himself," she said. "He reached out to The Trevor Project. And that's a good thing."